>>217800907
Episode III
Sheev

ROTS is widely considered the best Star Wars prequel because it delivers the emotional and narrative payoff the trilogy was building toward. Here's why it stands out:

Emotional Weight & Tragedy The film succeeds where the other prequels stumbled by making Anakin's fall to the dark side genuinely tragic. His desperation to save Padmé, manipulation by Palpatine, and ultimate transformation into Darth Vader creates real emotional stakes. The opera scene where Palpatine seduces Anakin with the tragedy of Darth Plagueis is masterfully sinister.

Superior Action & Choreography ROTS features the saga's most ambitious action sequences. The opening space battle over Coruscant is thrilling, the Order 66 montage is heartbreaking, and the climactic duels—Yoda vs. Palpatine and especially Obi-Wan vs. Anakin on Mustafar—are visually stunning and emotionally charged. The Mustafar duel isn't just spectacle; it's the tragic culmination of a brotherhood destroyed.

Darker, Mature Tone Unlike the lighter Episodes I and II, ROTS embraces darkness. We witness the Jedi genocide, younglings murdered, democracy dying, and a hero's complete corruption. It's the darkest Star Wars film, giving it dramatic weight.

Connecting the Trilogies ROTS brilliantly bridges the prequels and original trilogy. We see Vader's birth, the Empire's rise, the twins' separation, and Obi-Wan's exile. It answers questions fans waited decades to see visualized.

Improved Dialogue & Performance While still imperfect, the script is stronger than its predecessors. Ewan McGregor delivers his best performance, and Ian McDiarmid is deliciously evil as Palpatine finally revealing his true nature.

Thematic Depth The film explores how democracies fall, how good people become monsters, and how fear leads to tyranny—themes that resonate beyond Star Wars.

ROTS transforms the prequel trilogy from disappointing to worthwhile, making the journey to Vader's creation finally feel earned.

>>217801536
Fuck off chatJeetPT

>>217801536
>making the journey to Vader's creation finally feel earned
yeah, about that...

>>217800907
Watch the RLM reviews.

How to Watch Star Wars, Part One: The Prequels Are Better Movies Than You Deserve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqnjzVX8EKA

Well here it is, the Star Wars video essay I've been working on all year!

It's twenty years of stray observations about the films and especially the prequels which should be interesting to people, and a rebuttal to Red Letter Media and all those other terrible YouTube reviews, hopefully combined into an interesting essay.

Being me, it talks a lot about Bob Dylan and Kubrick and all those other guys I'm always on about, and I could have cut it down or cut it up into separate videos, but in the end I didn't want to. It all ties together, and I think it's interesting.

For all the people over the years who ask why I like the Star Wars prequels so much and I've said it's a complicated subject that takes a long time to get into, well, it looks like 2 hours and 20 minutes is about how long it takes to get into, and here's your answer!

>>217800907
All three are dog shit and the only good star wars movies were the original three. And those movies weren’t THAT good either, they’re ok but they’re nothing special. This whole insane fan culture that was once built up around this incredibly overrated product is dying now, but it’s a mystery to me how it ever started.

>>217800907
Episode i
Darth maul and Liam Neeson
>you know im right

>>217800907
don't care, not canon

>>217800907
Phantom menace. One of the ultimate midwit filters. Jar jar is the key. Jedi have not seen any Sith for a 1000 years they are scared shitless. Consequences of the final fight are huge. We get Boss Nass. Pod race is way more iconic and fun then anything in 2 or 3. Pod racer 64 shits on muh lego Star Wars.

>>217801989
Because it had something to say and was a once in a lifetime event. In contrast to modern Star Wars where it is mainly streaming slop

>>217801989
>And those movies weren’t THAT good either, they’re ok but they’re nothing special.
while I agree can you imagine seeing this on the big screen back then?
things like the trench run, the light sabers, the cloud city, I can see why it was such a phenomenon

>>217801989
Found the midwit.

>>217801536
honestly portraying anakins fall to the dark side and becoming darth vader was lackluster, the movies shoulf have been longer so to they could have shown more of his transformation over time, i mean these movies are his backstory but instead his transformation feels rushed and lame, they could have done so much more with the character instead they focuses on petty drama with obi wan, he just acts like a cry baby. They could have shown palpatine manipulate him or even train him could have added so much more, so much wastes potential

>>217800907
none of them, because im not a retard

>>217800907
TPM if you want a movie that looks beautiful and has a solid plot
AOTC if you want a movie that deals more with Anakin
ROTS if you want THE prequel

>>217802774
Midwit syndrome baitfag kek

>>217801989
the OT still look better visually than sny of the PT or ST with exception of TPM, OT still holds up to this day and i can imagine that reason it became so big back then was because no sci fi movie like that had bever been made before, star wars basically changed sci fi adventure movies forever after it came out

>>217801006
III no contest

1>3>2
Whole series by episode
5>6>1>4>3>2 other 3 trash compactor

>>217801989
Boomer go to bed

>>217802941
you will never be a woman

>>217803377
>"Which Prequel is the best and why"
>Out of nowhere "You will never be a woman"

>>217803430
The Tranny is immunized against all dangers: One may call him a scoundrel, parasite, swindler, profiteer, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat. But call him a tranny and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back: "I’ve been found out".

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>>217800907
>Which one is the best
Episode III
>why?
Despite having some similar issues to the other two (storylines that eat up time while doing nothing for the overall narrative, meaningless OT character inclusions / connections drawn where they shouldn't be, rough acting at times, etc.) the instances of these issues in Episode III aren't nearly as bad as in the first two prequels. On top of that, the acting and direction across the board is much better, the pacing is much better, the quality of the CGI is more consistent, Palpatine is given the screen time he should have been getting since Episode I, and Anakin's fall isn't unbelievable, even if it does feel somewhat rushed. Episode III has its own issues, mostly to do with the timeline, but it's still miles beyond the previous prequels in basically every metric.

Clones is most interesting because it's one bad decision after another that could have averted everything afterward. ROTS is pure unavoidable tragedy